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Charging electric system supplier Heliox has signed a service framework agreement with Engie. The French electric utility company will provide installation, operation and maintenance services for Heliox’s electric bus charging infrastructures. The partnership covers 9 European countries: the Czech R...

Busworld 2019 for the first time in Brussells. The European edition of the most important bus & coach exhibition will debut this year in the Belgian (and European) capital city from 18 to 23 October. With a growth of 50% in net exhibition surface, going from 40,000 sqm to 60,000 sqm, it is ...

Solaris will organize in the occasion of upcoming Busworld 2019 in Brussels a series of short conferences on crucial topics related to technology, e-mobility and public transport. Solaris Talks. At Busworld The forum “Solaris Talks” will take place every day of the exhibition (from 18th till 2...

VDL signed a new emobility project in Germany with the supply of 36 articulated electric buses to the city of Kiel, north of Hamburg. It is the fifth project managed by the Dutch manufacturer in Germany, and involves 18.7 meter long electric buses. What is interesting in Kiel project is that the veh...

Cummins is going to unveil at Busworld 2019 a new low profile battery module designed for 9 meter ebuses. Future Cummins product roadmap is focused on electrified powertrains and includes an electric drive system which combines motor, transmission and inverter in one unit. New low profile batteries ...

Akasol will attend Busworld 2019 in Brussels showcasing the new high energy solution AKASystem AKM CYC, whose series production is expected to start in 2021. Brussels exhibition will also be the place where the fuel cell solution AKASystem OEM PRC will be launched: 50 demo vehicles will be in operat...

Electromobility, digitalization, autonomous driving. These three issues are being addressed by TRATON group (formerly Volkswagen Truck & Bus) through an ambitious investment plan. 1 billion will be invested in emobility R&D, 1 other billion will be spent on digitalization. 1 billion euros in...

Detroit is the 100th customer of Proterra electric buses. The Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation (SMART) and Detroit Department of Transportation (DDOT) have infact decided to buy, totally, six 40-foot (12 meter) Proterra Catalyst E2 buses, as well as six Proterra 125 kW plug-in...

Electric bus deployment in North European countries is hugely increasing: during 2019 the number of ebuses in operation is expected to rise from 56 to 467. Danish public transport authority Movia is foreseen to have 77 ebuses deployed. Sustainable Bus discussed with Jeppe Gaard, CRO for Contracts in...

Spanish operator ALSA is going to receive two Solaris Urbino 12 Electric and two stationary chargers. The vehicles, to be delivered later this year, will operate on the public transport network of Bilbao, the biggest city of the Basque country, ‘homeland’ of Solaris owner CAF group (as w...